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Works of Love deals primarily with the Christian conception of agape love, in contrast with erotic love ( eros) or preferential love ( phileo) given to friends and family. Kierkegaard uses this value/virtue to understand the existence and relationship of the individual Christian.
- Soren Kierkegaard, David F. Swenson, Lilliam Marvin Swenson, Douglas V. Steere
- 1847
Works of Love is a searching exploration of the distinctive and demanding character of Christian love. It is not a "feel good" book but one that might leave you wondering whether you really have loved at all, or loved well. Kierkegaard begins with the paradox of love's character as both hidden and yet bearing fruit in works of love. He then ...
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27. Sept. 2018 · "Works of Love" serves as a thoughtful analysis on love and how love cultivates meaningful relationships with God, one another, and ourselves. Chapter Summaries. Part 1. Ch. Kierkegaard begins with saying that we must believe in love despite the obscurity of its origins; love is very real and we must not be deceived.
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Part One. I: Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognisability by Its Fruits. In this first chapter, and throughout the work, Kierkegaard emphasizes that Christian love is the only real love, and erotic love and friendship are temporal, and mere shadows of it. But every tree is known by its own fruit.
6. Feb. 2017 · After a brief discussion of love in Either/Or and Fear and Trembling, it concentrates on Works of Love. It explores the centrality of divine love and the distinction between love of the neighbor and “preferential loves” such as erotic love and friendship, arguing that for Kierkegaard preferential loves at their best are infused with neighbor-love.
Works of Love by Søren Kierkegaard: Reading and Meditation. May 17, 2020 • Todd Breyfogle. download reading. Works of Love, Søren Kierkegaard. Meditation. It is a well-known metaphor to speak of a fish out of water. If you’ve ever fished, you know that the literal experience of a fish out of water is painful and disturbing. It means death.
12. Apr. 1998 · Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI, Volume 16: Works of Love. The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early Either/Or, through “The Diary of the Seducer” and Judge William’s eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God’s love. Works of Love, the ...
